LET SELIG & DuPUY FROLIC ON DANGEROUS FIELDS IN LATIN COUNTRIES

WHAT ABOUT DANGEROUS PLAYING FIELDS IN LATIN COUNTRIES?

• MLB WOULD GET A FEW MORE PLAYERS IF SOME OF THEM DIDN'T FALL AND INJURE THEMSELVES BEFORE MONEY CAN BE MADE OFF THEM. NY Times' Jack Curry tells of the field in Puerto Rico where the 3 Molina brothers started:

By JACK CURRY

Published: January 29, 2007, the NY Times

• "The energetic, young children scampered along a bumpy dirt infield, chased baseballs around an outfield that was missing almost as much grass as it contained and sidestepped a leaning light tower that was a miniature Tower of Pisa. Still, to them, this tattered field in Vega Alta, P.R., is hallowed ground."

Allen H? Bob?

• "Actually, Jesus Rivera Park is sacred to little ones and not-so-little ones because it is a place where three neighborhood legends once played. It is a field where the Molina brothers — Bengie, José and Yadier, all catchers — rumbled through the divots as they developed into major leaguers."

"As scruffy as Rivera Park is now, Bengie said it was a totally distressed piece of land before his family and other residents turned it into a relative haven."

• This is a crime. (sm)

Items from article by Jack Curry, NY Times, 1/29/07, "3 weeks to pitchers and Molinas" Have a nice day.

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